Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) makes remarks to the media, as fellow Democratic Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) (R) listens along with others, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC April 8, 2011. With a midnight deadline looming, the White House and Congress scrambled on Friday to break a budget impasse that threatens to shut down the U.S. government and idle hundreds of thousands of federal workers. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES)